Quote from: Puppet on November 03, 2013, 07:47:32 AM

Quote from: Bicknellski on November 03, 2013, 05:56:34 AM

Tapeout?

Did the chips even tapeout?

I guess they did not. from a previous announcement:

Late August/Early September Tape Out
There are two processes with this step that we are using. The initial process is what is called a bullet run, it will allow us to get a finished set of wafers in approximately 24 days from the date we tape out. This will result in a limited number of chips available.
The second process is the standard run, which takes between 75 and 90 days on average, and this is where the bulk of our chips will come from

If they had taped out, by their own schedule they should be getting their hot lot by the end of November and they would not claim shipping only one month later. Also note that by their own schedule, the bulk shipment can only start 50-65 days later. End of december +~60 means early March instead of the "January/February" the are advertising. Of course on BFL's calender, January has 65 days.

From a typical tapeout... how many weeks to chips to a prototype board?

Guessing as you are putting it they are lying already. Here is a good read.

http://www.samharris.org/lying